The Numerati video: http://www.booktv.org/watch.aspx?ProgramId=LW-10067 & http://www.c-spanarchives.org/library/index.php?main_page=product_video_info&products_id=283237-1
Stephen Baker talked about his book, The Numerati (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt), and responded to questions from audience members at the Free Library of Philadelphia. The book is about a group of mathematicians and computer scientists who analyze the millions of bits of information generated by our daily activities to better understand what makes us tick. The goal, he says, is to manipulate our behavior. Stephen Baker has written for BusinessWeek for over twenty years. His work has also appeared in the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Boston Globe. He won an Overseas Press Club Award for his portrait of the rising Mexican auto industry. ID: 283237-1 Format: Speech Event Date: 12/11/2008 Length: 59 minutes === http://www.thenumerati.net/ Introduction to The Numerati posted on July 21, 2008 http://thenumerati.net/index.cfm?catID=6 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2008/08/ http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=c-span+the+numerati&btnG=Google+Search&aq=f&oq= Ghosts in the machine The numerati are out there, mapping our behaviour through every keystroke and web page visit. But who are they and what does their data say about us? Stephen Baker The Guardian, Saturday 11 October 2008 http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2008/oct/11/workandcareers-internet --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ShadowGovernment" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/ShadowGovernment -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
